[CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Sorry, Tim, but I think a lot of us have a legitimate interest in seeing 
this solved, and being patted on the hand and told to sit down and be 
quiet doesn't go over well with me.  I got a status report from K1AR, 
which is all I was looking for.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/3/2021 9:18 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
> Hello Pete
>
> What makes you think that nothing is being done? Do not worry.
>
> Be assured that the CQWW committee has this and many other issues well in hand
>
> 73
> Tim K3LR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+k3lr=k3lr.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR
> Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:13 AM
> To: reflector cq-contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots
>
> I'm really surprised at the apparent disregard for VE7CC's report of
> spoofed spots and spoofed self-spots during CQWWCW, all seemingly traced
> to a single IP in Italy.  After the first time this happened, a month
> earlier (CQWWSSB), we were assured that the committee had it in hand,
> with reliable reps in Italy pursuing the answer.  Since then, nothing.
>
> How about a status report - if people can pull this sort of thing with
> impunity, it will certainly damage efforts to enforce the appropriate
> rule against self-spotting.
>
> To refresh memories:
>
> ">From the VE7CC-1 cluster log.
>
> 27 Nov total spoofed spots 599 out of 30018  non skimmer spots.
> 28 Nov total spoofed spots 1117 out of  30073 non skimmer spots.
> Total 1716 spoofed spots from IP 217.61.58.23 over weekend.
>    
> Includes
> 203 self spots 27 Nov 2021
> 385 self spots 28 Nov 2021
>
> These spoofed spots are only the ones that I identified with IP 217.61.58.23.
> These spots were entered on both DX Spider and CC Cluster nodes.  There could
> be more from AR Cluster or Spider nodes running software that doesn't include
> IP addresses.
>
> https://bcdxc.org/ve7cc/SelfSpot-Nov-2021.zip
> http://bcdxc.org/ve7cc/27-Nov-2021.zip
> http://bcdxc.org/ve7cc/28-Nov-2021.zip
>
> Lee VE7CC"
>